Well I've just bitten the bullet and ordered one of these, I'll do a full unboxing video tomorrow and a video review in the following days after that.
Hope to give you all my thoughts on it soon!
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Well I've just bitten the bullet and ordered one of these, I'll do a full unboxing video tomorrow and a video review in the following days after that.
Hope to give you all my thoughts on it soon!
disappointing only 8bit panel
Does that matter though.. our cards wont work with 10bit... at least the amd ones don't unless you have a firepro card or something.
It speaks volumes about the quality of monitors these days that this idea is even being suggested, but I think it's a great one and definitely something OCUK should consider. Returning a monitor is a PITA and not cheap. Not that in my opinion you should have to pay for it at all if there's BLB... I don't know when or how this ever became acceptable or something the manufacturer doesn't recognise as a fault. It can utterly ruin a gaming experience on the likes of Elite Dangerous or Alien Isolation.But you can always send back blb under DSR as long as you are quick. The issue then is that you have to go to the hassle of sending it back plus paying for it (which wont be cheap). When you factor that in, paying £50 upfront to ensure you get a good one isn't a bad idea. Hell a lot of the Korean sellers on ebay do pixel perfect testing for £20 if you message them so it is not like its an unheard of idea. The testing could be non-refundable as it is a service not goods, plus if you DSR the monitor they could sell it as a B-grade (tested) monitor for a slight mark-up over standard b-grade. I suppose it all needs to be balanced against the cost of doing the checking.
This Samsung does look the best of the crop right now, but I can't help but feel the price will tank once the faster (120hz+) screens hit later this year. It's a big chunk of change to spend and I'd want to be keeping it for years to justify that, and given how quickly monitor tech seems to be moving right now, I can't see that happening with this screen.
Having just finished calibrating it, it looks great.
The blacks are some of the deepest I've seen on a monitor, ever. Colours look great, at least as good as my old Dell IPS monitor. I've only calibrated it with an old Spyder3Pro so I'm sure someone with something a bit newer could do an even better job of making sure it's bang-on.
Also, it was soooooo bright out of the box, I had to turn the brightness down to about 50/100 to get the brightness down to the required level!
Likewise, however it's looking likely to be at least 6 months away and it's hard to really gauge whether it's worth waiting another 6-12months just to get 120Hz instead of 60Hz. To my eyes it doesn't really make that much difference but YMMV.
I suppose they'll also benefit from Freesync/Gsnync aswell but likewise whether that's a killer feature worth waiting for will depend on your perspective. It's very easy to get into a cycle of waiting for the next big thing and I'm still using a 23" 1080p 120Hz monitor so a 34" 1440p would be a huge upgrade.
Totally understand this... I always have an itch for SOMETHING, and a new monitor is top of my list right now, but at this price, ouch... it's a big outlay, and once the faster panels hit I may have epic buyers remorse lol!I see the 'other place' put their price up by £40 - it's a seller's market right now. I paid £650 for the LG and that was a lot for a monitor. @£840, it just seems too steep a price to pay, especially, as has been pointed out that they will drop in price.
Still though - getting withdrawal symptoms..............
@skarpinis - when you had your Samsung, were you using HDMI?
Totally understand this... I always have an itch for SOMETHING, and a new monitor is top of my list right now, but at this price, ouch... it's a big outlay, and once the faster panels hit I may have epic buyers remorse lol!
I don't know about there not being any difference between 60Hz and 100Hz though. I think it's very much a subjective thing, as I know plenty of people who can't stand anything less than 120 and pick up on it straightaway, whereas others seem quite happy with either.
Sorry I never had Samsung monitor only TV.
My bad - apparently you get ghosting if using HDMI @50hz, but not if using Displayport @60Hz.